Transfer-machine.



M. S. ROSENFELD.

TRANSFER MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 915- HENEWED SEPT. 18. 1918. 1,283,315.

Patented Oct. 29, 1918.

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Inventor Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE S. ROSENFIJLD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO JACOB SCHECHTER, OF NEVJ YORK, N. Y.

TRANSFER-MACHINE.

Application filed May 14, 1915, Serial No. 28,120.

To U M71 0m it may concern:

lie it known that l, MAURICE S. ROSEN- rnm, a. citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of the Bronx, county of Bronx, city and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful 'lransfen lrfachine, of which the following a specification.

My invention relates to mechanism for applying decalcomania transfers to textile fabrics, such as stockings, necktics, or the like articles, to gloves, paper or any other objects. My invention contemplates the use of the ordinary decalcomania of commerce wherein a design such as a trade mark is -printed on a thin sheet of material, such as paper, in such a manner that when the printed surface of the paper is moistened in the presence of heat the design is freed from its adherence to the paper and pressure is applied so that it may be transferred to any other suitable surface. The design is of course in negative on the paper and will be positive when transferred. The object of my invention is to produce a machine which will be rapid and economical in operation, which will consist of but few parts. be cheap to construct. and not likely to get out of order.

This and further objects will more fully appear in the following specification and accompanying drawings considered together or separately.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same;

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the moisture box and anvil; and

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic View showing the cam movements.

In all of the above views, like parts are designated by similar reference characters.

The device consists of an anvil or platform on which the article to which the transfer is to be applied is placed and secured in position. A piece of paper on which a decalcomania has been impressed is now placed with the printed surface in contact with the article the same is moistened and heated, the heat and moisture will loosen the printed matter from the paper, and on pressure be- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ()et. 29, 1918.

Renewed September 18. 1918, Serial No. 254,672.

ing applied to the article the printed matter will adhere to the article. When the pressure is removed the paper may be lifted from the article, leaving the design which was printed thereon on the article.

The decalcomania or transfer employed is not claimed herein as it is a well known article of commerce such as is used for llllli. ing lettering or other designs on various articles.

The device comprises a main frame 1. and a secondary frame '2 carried upon a ta le fl. Carried in the seei'mdary frame 2 is a drive shaft 3 on which is mounted a pulley -1' which may be driven by means of a belt from a suitable source of power. The pulley is loose on the shaft and is connected to drive the latter through a clutch 5. The clutch is operated by means of an arm 6, said arm is pivoted to a short shaft 7 which ex tends through the table, and is provided with a lever 8 which extends toward the front of the table so as to be operated by the knee of the operator.

Mounted on the shaft 3 a pinion which meshes with a gear 10 on a cam shaft 11 supported in the frame 9. The shaft it carries three cams 12, 13 and 14.

The frame 1 has two forwardly extending arms 15 and 16, and secured in these arms is a vertically arranged stationary shaft 17. On the shaft 17 is journaled a frame 18. This frame is of open triangular form, and its lower arm is provided with a Hat coil 18 of high resistance wire for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The frame is rotatably mounted on the shaft so as to be swung over the transfer to heat the same.

Carried on the shaft 17 is an arm 19 capablc of movement longitudinally of the shaft. The hub of the arm is provided with a cam slot 20 which is engaged by a pin on the frame 18. so that when the frame is swung horizontally, the arm will be raised or lowcred according to the direction of movement of the frame.

The frame 18 is provided with a pulley 21 to which is attached a belt 22, one end of which passes over a guide pulley and carries a weight 23. The other end of the belt is secured to the end of a lever 24 which is pivoted at 25 t0 the frame 2. The lever 24 carries an anli-trictiiui roller 2b which is held in engagement with the 'am 12 by means ol the. weight 23.

\Vhen the frame 18 is in the position shown in F ig. :2, the weight 23 on the end of the belt and located below the level of the table, will tend to rotate the shaft and swing the free end of the frame toward the observer. As the frame is so swung, a roller carried thereby and engaging the slot at) in the hub of the arm 19 will depress the arm. hen the arm is swung back to the position shown in F ig. 2 by the engagement of the cam 13 with a lever 21 which attached. to the pulley 21 by one end of the belt 22, the arm 19 will be raised to permit the lower member of the frame to pass under it.

llxtending forward from the arm 15 are two extensions 9T, 27, and extending downwardly from each extension to the table is a standard 28. and slidably carried on the taudards is a bed piece 29. Engaging a pin in the bed piece is the slotted end of a lever ll The lever is pivoted at 31 to the main frame, and its short arm carries a roller which is engaged by the cam 1?. Normally the bed piece is in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9. \Vhen the cam 1+1- is rotated in the direction of the arrow the said cam engages a roller 39 and the short end of the lever 30. This raises the long end of the lever and with it the bed piece 29, and brings the article carried'thereon in contact with the underside of the frame 18 and when the latter is removed the arm 19 will be lowered to the top of the article as will be hereinafter described.

arried on the forward end of the bed piece 29 is an anvil The anvil is provided with a removable 'l'aee piece 34, having a boss 35. Mounted on one side of the anvil is a slide 36, see Fig. Shaving a bent over extremity 37 which engages the top surface of the article to be acted upon by the machine and retains it in place. The slide is held with the part 37 in engagement with the face piece 3 1 b v means of a spring 38. The lower end of the slide extends below the anvil to such a distance that when the anvil is lowered the end of the slide will come in contact with the table before the anvil reaches the lowest extent of its travel, and the bent over portion 3? will be raised above and out of contact with the article so that the latter will. be released.

Before the article is removed from its position and after the decalcomania has been caused to adhere to it by the pressure exerted by the bed piece 29 the paper which carried the decalcomania mustb'e removed. This is accomplished by the following instrumentalities.

Pivoted to the bed piece is an arm 38. This arm is provided with a lever 39 which is connected by means of a pit'man 40 with a crank -l1 on a shaft l2. Carried by the shaft lid is a spur pinion 13 which meshes with a vertical rack 4-4 mounted on the table. As the table. is lowered, as before described, the pinion 43 will be rotated by its engagement with the stationary rack ll. This will cause the end of the crank arm ll to rise and through the pitman ll) move the lever 39 to the right. This will tilt the arm 38 upward toward the bed piece 2!). Hinged to the extriauity of the arm 38 is an arm +15 rigidly secured to a shaft to. One end of the shaft ll? is formed with .i. crank 47, see Figs. 1, 2 and 3. A spring-l8 engages the under side of the arm l5 and holds it in position. A double t'aee cam 49 is carried by the bed piece 29. When the arm 38" is swung up ward the crank 47 will engage the lower face of the can: ill and the arm it will be swung upward relatively to the arm 38. A spring" .3!) will prevent. the arm being swung upward too far. When the crank passes the upper end ol the cam 49, it will be swung outward by the weight of the arm 45 and the pressure of the spring 50, and on the downward movement of the arm 38* the engagement of the crank with outer side or back of the cam 49 will tilt the crank 47 in the opposite direction and the arm -15 will be swung down-- ward relatively to the arm 38. The free extremity of the arm 45 carries a block of rubber or other suitable material. \Vhen the crank 17 reaches the upper extremity of the cam 49 the arm 38 will have been swung toward the bed plate and the free extremity of the arm .arrying' the rubber block will be o er the anvil but out of contact therewith. As the crank ii is released from the cam b the continued downward mmement of the ame the arm 45 will be moved downward by the s n'ing' Bil and the rubber block on the arm will rest on the paper to which the decalcomania was formerly attached. Then the upward movement of the bed piece takes place the pinion 43 will be rotated in the opposite direction. This will move the arm to aid the position shown in Fig. 3, but before this position has been reached the rubber block will have been dragged from tlieupper side of the article and will draw the paper with it.

(arricd on the end of the arm 19 is a moisture box 51. Thebottom of the box 51 is open but a plate carried by the bed piece 29 extends acrossthe open bottom and is provided with an opening 53of the same size as that of the decalcomania to be used. The opening'is covered by a screenof gauze to permit the free escape of the moisture. This screen is extremely thin and is indicated by the lower line extending across the opening 53.

At one side of the bed piece is secured one end of a flexible table 54. Thistable' is made flexible so that the end secured to the bed piece may follow the movements of the latter. The free end of the table is provided with a spring which may be attached to any stationary object such as the floor or a part of the main frame 1 of the machine.

Located at one side of the main frame 1 is a water tank 55. A pipe 56 extends from near the bottom of the tank to the moisture box 51. A pipe 57 from a source of compressed air enters the top of the tank. In the pipe 50 is a valve 58 which is actuated to open and permit the air to enter the tank by means of the cam 14. The valve is an ordinary check valve which is held in closed position by a spring and with its stem projecting through the casing. The cam 14 as shown in Fig. 2 is a segment carried on the shaft 11 and when. during the rotation of the shaft, it engages the stem, the valve will be opened.

The operation of my improved device will be described in connection with the diagram shown in Fig. 5, and is as follows.

The machine being at rest, the frame 18 will be in the position shown in Fig. 3, and the bed piece 29 will be in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, by reason of the weight 23 pulling on the belt 22. The cams 12, 13 and l-t will be in the positions shown in Fig. The operator sitting in front of the table, that is the part farthest removed from the drive shaft 3, will turn an electric current into the coil of high resistance wire 18" on the frame 18, place the article to be nmrked on the anvil, the end of the article will be pushed under the turned over end 37 of the slide 36 which has been raised by contact of the opposite end of the slide with the floor. and place a decalcomania face down on the article. If the article be of considerable length as a stocking or a necktie, it is laid on the table 541 with the part to be imprinted resting on the anvil and the decaleomania is placed on the part which rests on the anvil, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When the lower arm of the frame has become heated the operator will move the lever 8 to the right, and the drive Wheel 4 will be clutched to the shaft, thereby starting the machine and the cams 1'2, 13 and 14 will be revolved in the anti-clockwise direction.

As soon as the shaft starts, the face of the cam 13 will engage the roller 26 and move the lever 2-1 to the right in Fig. 2, the latter being normally in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the frame 18 will start to move over toward the anvil 33. Directly after the cam face engages the roller 26, the face of the cam 12 will engage the roller 31, the short end of the lever 30 will be de ressed, carrying the bed piece, and with 1t the article to be marked and the decalcomania. When the bed starts to rise, the end of the slide will be pulled down on the article by the spring on the slide. The

bed will rise until the roller 32 is at the point it. At the same lime, the roller 26 has reached the point e on the cam 26, and the article and decalcomania are pressed and heated between the frame 18 and the anvil. When the point i reaches the roller 32, the bed is lowered slightly and the point f on the cam 13 having left the roller 26, the weight 23 will swing the frame 18 to the position shown in Fig. 3, at the same time lowering the. arm 19 into contact with the anvil by reason of the engagement of the pin with the slot 20. While the arm is being lowered, the cam 14 comes into contact with the stem of the valve 58, depresses it and opens the valve. The compressed air enters the tank 55, forces water in the form of spray in the moisture box 51, and through the screen in the plate 51, thereby moistening the back of the hot decalcoinania and loosening it from the paper. The point a on the cam 12 has by this time reached the roller 32, and the short end of the lever 30 is raised and the bed piece 29 is lowered to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig.

As the bed piece is descending, the pinion l3 engaging the rack 44 will be rotated, swinging the crank 11, pitman 10 and lever 39, tilting the arm 38 upward. The crank =17 will engage the lower face of the cam 49, and raise the arm 15. When the arm reaches its upward limit the crank 47 will pass from the control of the lower face of the cam 19, and the block of rubber on the arm 45 will descend and rest upon the back of the paper to which the decalcomania was attached. The continued movement of the pinion will swing the arm 38 back to its initial position, and the crank engaging the top face of the cam 19 will depress the arm and hold it in engagement with the backing while the arm 38 is being lowered, thereby scraping the backing from the transfer. By this time, the bed has reached the lowermost limit of its travel, the end of the slide. 36 has come into contact with the table, and released the article, and the machine is in position to resume its cycle of operation.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the principle of my invention together with the apparatus, which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative, and that the invention can be carried out in other ways without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. A machine for transferring decalcomanias to separate articles, having means for supporting the article with a deoalcomania in engagement therewith, means for l G U simultaneously applying heat and pressure to the article and (lecalromania, and means for simultaneously applying moisture to the article and ilecalcomania.

2. A machine for transferring tlecalcomanias to separate articles, having means for supporting the article with a LlOCtl-lCO- mania in engagement therewith, means for simultaneously applying heat and presslilre to the article and (lecalcomania, means for simultaneutral applying moisture to the article and tleca-lcomania. and means for removing the backing fnom the decalcomania.

In a machine for applying (lecalcomanias to separate articles, the con'ibination with an anvil for supporting the article with a ilecalconrania resting thereon, a heater and a moistencr, of means for bringing the article and ilccalcomania into contact with the heater, means for removing the heater from contact with the article anrl tlecalconmnia. and means for bringing the heated article and lleca-lcomania into contact with the nloistener.

t. In a machine for applying rlecalcomanias to separate articles, the conibination with an anvil for supporting the article with a rlecalconiania resting thereon, a heater and a moisten-er. of means for bringing the article and clecalcomania into contact with the heater, means for removing the heater from contact with the article and tlOCfllCO-lllitllltt. means for bringing the heated article and clecalcomania into contact with the moistener, and a wiper for removing the backing from the clecalcomania.

In a machine for applying decalcomanias to separate articles, the combination with an anvil for supporting the article with a (lecalcomania resting thereon, an electric heater and a moistener, of means emails for bringing the article and decalcomania into contact with the heater, means for removing the heater from contact with the article and decalcomania, and means for bringing the heated article and decalcomania into contact with the moistener.

(i. In a machine for applying decalcomanias to separate articles, the combination with an anvil for supporting the article with a (lccalcomania resting thereon, an electric heater and a moistener, of means for bringing the article and ilecalcomania into contact with the heater, means for removing the heater from contact with the article and (lecalcomania, means for bringing the heated article and decalcomania into contact with the moistener, and a wiper for removing thebacliing from the decalcomania.

7. In a machine for applying decalcomanias to separate articles, the combination with an anvil for supporting the article with a dccalcomzmia resting thereon, a heater and a moistener, of means for bringing the article and tlettllt'tllllzllllzl into contact with the heater, means for releasing the contact between the article and the heater, means for swinging the heater from the path of the article, means for bringing the article and decalcomania into contact with the Inoistener, means for injecting water into the moistener, means for removing the article and decalcomania from contact with the moistener, and a wiper for removing the backing from the article.

This specification signed and witnessed this 10th day of May, 1915.

MAURICE S. ROSENFELD.

Witnesses 2 JACOB Scnnclrrnn, .TonN L. I JOTSCIL Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

